[Bug 1792647] [NEW] fix nodejs test-case failure on s390x and LXD

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

Public bug reported:

The Debian patch 'path_max' causes failures when
readlink'ing symlinks that involve /proc/self
(and potentially other symlinks in /proc)
which report st_size == 0.

It uses st_size as a buffer size for readlink(),
which then fails with EINVAL.

This breaks the nodejs test-case test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
on s390x and LXD containers (which symlink /dev/stdin
to /proc/self/fd/0 vs. fd/0 as in amd64 non-container):

    $ strace -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ -f -e lstat,readlink \
      node test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js 

    [pid 17785] lstat("/dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=480, ...}) = 0
    [pid 17786] lstat("/dev/stdin", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=15, ...}) = 0
    [pid 17788] lstat("/dev/stdin", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=15, ...}) = 0
    [pid 17788] readlink("/dev/stdin", "/proc/self/fd/0", 15) = 15

    [pid 17785] lstat("/proc", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
    [pid 17786] lstat("/proc/self", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
    [pid 17788] lstat("/proc/self", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
    [pid 17788] readlink("/proc/self", 0x7f2a6c000b40, 0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)

I'll submit a patch shortly.

** Affects: libuv1 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  fix nodejs test-case failure on s390x and LXD

Status in libuv1 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Debian patch 'path_max' causes failures when
  readlink'ing symlinks that involve /proc/self
  (and potentially other symlinks in /proc)
  which report st_size == 0.

  It uses st_size as a buffer size for readlink(),
  which then fails with EINVAL.

  This breaks the nodejs test-case test-fs-realpath-pipe.js
  on s390x and LXD containers (which symlink /dev/stdin
  to /proc/self/fd/0 vs. fd/0 as in amd64 non-container):

      $ strace -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ -f -e lstat,readlink \
        node test/parallel/test-fs-realpath-pipe.js 

      [pid 17785] lstat("/dev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=480, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17786] lstat("/dev/stdin", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=15, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] lstat("/dev/stdin", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=15, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] readlink("/dev/stdin", "/proc/self/fd/0", 15) = 15

      [pid 17785] lstat("/proc", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17786] lstat("/proc/self", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] lstat("/proc/self", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
      [pid 17788] readlink("/proc/self", 0x7f2a6c000b40, 0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)

  I'll submit a patch shortly.

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